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Moggy wrote:

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:
Or maybe we are going to get Toblerone runs now to france like when we used to have beer runs to Calais.

With no free market, how many Toblerone's are you allowed in duty free?

Rex Kramer wrote:I'm just about ok with this as I rarely buy Toblerones but if this kind of thing filters down to the Ritter Sport then I'm marching on parliament.

The makers of Toblerone, Mondelez, has announced they will be reverting the chocolate bar back to its traditional shape after an outcry over a move to widen the gaps between the triangles.

The 150g bar was reduced from 170g in 2016 as a way to keep prices steady at about £1 a bar.

The ‘new’ version will weigh 33% more and retail for a RRP of £3.09, with a promo price of £2-£2.50.

A Mondelez spokesperson said: “We’re always reviewing our range to make sure we provide great quality Swiss chocolate in formats we know our fans love. The 150g Toblerone is no longer being manufactured and therefore availability of the bar depends on how much stock an individual retailer is carrying. But 100g and 360g size bars will still be available.”

Poundland will no longer stock the bars. Toblerones are the discount chain’s most popular product and it sold 12m of them last year. Poundland said that stocks would run low within weeks.

The discounter said it would instead bring back a redesigned version of “Twin Peaks”, its Toblerone copycat bar, at the end of this summer.

Poundland sold half a million of the lookalikes earlier this year but has been forced to redesign it after a legal battle with Mondelez.

Lagamorph wrote:Wait, so they're increasing the weight by 33% but the price by 300%?

Death's Head wrote:I always find this kind of thing amusing, along with the excuses. Manufacturers are so fast to pass on increased costs, don't they realise that consumers don't actually have any extra money (and I know in this example they are reducing the quantity, but it is effectively increasing the price). Here is an idea, don't increase costs (or reduce rations), absorb the costs yourself (giving up some of your massive profits) and keep consumers (who give you a business) happy.

pjbetman wrote:

Death's Head wrote:I always find this kind of thing amusing, along with the excuses. Manufacturers are so fast to pass on increased costs, don't they realise that consumers don't actually have any extra money (and I know in this example they are reducing the quantity, but it is effectively increasing the price). Here is an idea, don't increase costs (or reduce rations), absorb the costs yourself (giving up some of your massive profits) and keep consumers (who give you a business) happy.

Definitely. Greed isn't it.